[Ads-l] Antedating of "Homo"

[Shapiro, Fred]

homo (OED 1923)

1917 J.A.S., Report of Investigator, The Liberal Club Ball, Webster Hall, 8th St., Feb. 11, 1917, "Special Inspections" folder, box 31, Committee of Fourteen Papers, Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, New York Public Library, in Chad Heap, _Slumming_ (2009) 351

[An acquaintance of James A. Seaman] spent much time with a couple of the above mentioned "Homos."

Fred Shapiro




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